Comments on: Healthy Energy Drinks: Healthy Scam or Healthy Energy? http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy Offering the best energy drink reviews, the web's largest caffiene database, and the latest caffiene news to satisfy your caffeine addiction. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:35:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Courtney http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-156169 Courtney Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:22:20 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-156169 MLMs produce some of the most successful people in the world. No one is forcing anyone to join and NO guarantees are made about the products. If they are, you don't want to be associated with that company. Pyramids... none of you understand corporate America if you think that MLMs are scheme's. It's direct sales with benefits. My company is going to go through the roof because our product is full of good stuff. I am not going to make medical claims, but I know how to take care of my body. And guess what -- it's a tax write off to drink my own product. What other types of businesses can provide that along with chance to involve others to take advantage of the same opportunities. You only get something out of a business if you put something into it. I only get healthy because I put what is recommended into my own body, including my company's drinks. No one forces anyone to do anything, but don't poison people into thinking people are being tricked into doing things they don't want to. MLMs aren't get rich quick schemes, there a type of job like anything else. If you work hard there's a reward. Part of it happens to be your own companies products that you end up drinking for free. Also, why would anyone be involved in something they didn't believe in? If I told you there was an MLM to sell toilet seats, then maybe I'd tell you they were full of crap!! Get your facts straight or point out specific companies making false claims or predatory practices to get people to join. There are Network Marketing Professionals out there building relationships through good products and good people! By the way, "the people at the top" are the ones working the hardest, same in any business!! MLMs produce some of the most successful people in the world. No one is forcing anyone to join and NO guarantees are made about the products. If they are, you don’t want to be associated with that company. Pyramids… none of you understand corporate America if you think that MLMs are scheme’s. It’s direct sales with benefits. My company is going to go through the roof because our product is full of good stuff. I am not going to make medical claims, but I know how to take care of my body. And guess what — it’s a tax write off to drink my own product. What other types of businesses can provide that along with chance to involve others to take advantage of the same opportunities. You only get something out of a business if you put something into it. I only get healthy because I put what is recommended into my own body, including my company’s drinks. No one forces anyone to do anything, but don’t poison people into thinking people are being tricked into doing things they don’t want to. MLMs aren’t get rich quick schemes, there a type of job like anything else. If you work hard there’s a reward. Part of it happens to be your own companies products that you end up drinking for free. Also, why would anyone be involved in something they didn’t believe in? If I told you there was an MLM to sell toilet seats, then maybe I’d tell you they were full of crap!! Get your facts straight or point out specific companies making false claims or predatory practices to get people to join. There are Network Marketing Professionals out there building relationships through good products and good people! By the way, “the people at the top” are the ones working the hardest, same in any business!!

]]> By: Eric http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-155903 Eric Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:37:51 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-155903 You have the wrong mindset- look at the company you work for...maybe two guys at the top, a bunch of chairmen under them, and even more sales people under them. hhmmm,looks like a pyramid...and guess what you'll never make as much as the guys at the top so what's your point? You have the wrong mindset- look at the company you work for…maybe two guys at the top, a bunch of chairmen under them, and even more sales people under them. hhmmm,looks like a pyramid…and guess what you’ll never make as much as the guys at the top so what’s your point?

]]> By: Tony http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-155827 Tony Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:59:03 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-155827 Ted I came to this blog looking for unbiased information regarding energy drinks and thought that I found one. Unfortunately, you decided to also reply to people's comments in an unprofessional manner while bashing individual companies along the way. I don't agree with MLM people that pray on the weak either but you really should watch who you might be "slandering" without personal knowledge of any particular company along the way. Gotta watch the tone of the conversation. Otherwise most people will just pass your site up thinking you are no better than them. You will keep more readers that way. Just a tip from a passer by. Good luck. Tony Ted I came to this blog looking for unbiased information regarding energy drinks and thought that I found one. Unfortunately, you decided to also reply to people’s comments in an unprofessional manner while bashing individual companies along the way. I don’t agree with MLM people that pray on the weak either but you really should watch who you might be “slandering” without personal knowledge of any particular company along the way. Gotta watch the tone of the conversation. Otherwise most people will just pass your site up thinking you are no better than them. You will keep more readers that way. Just a tip from a passer by. Good luck. Tony

]]> By: ted http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-155768 ted Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:54:55 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-155768 blah blah, I've set through those presentations....the fact is the only ones that make the money promised are the ones at the top of the MLM so you can debate semantics all you want, but I bet you got your definition of a pyramid scheme from your MLM materials in order to entice people to sign up. blah blah, I’ve set through those presentations….the fact is the only ones that make the money promised are the ones at the top of the MLM so you can debate semantics all you want, but I bet you got your definition of a pyramid scheme from your MLM materials in order to entice people to sign up.

]]> By: Me http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-155757 Me Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:44:51 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-155757 The author appears to be uneducated on the definition of "pyramid scheme." A pyramid scheme, also called a ponzi scheme, involves investors investing in something but getting nothing (no products or services) in return. In these schemes, a person 'invests' their money in the hopes of getting a big return on it. The first investors are paid with the money from the new investors while the creator takes some money off the top. This can continue until there are not enough new investors to support the people that already invested and the entire thing collapses. Multilevel marketing (MLM) is different. In MLM's, products or services are provided in exchange for your money. Distributors receive better prices because they are the "store" so they get wholesale prices. Walmart doesn't charge you what they pay for products, they charge you more, called a mark-up, and that is where their profits come from. You're paying the marked-up price either way, it's just a matter of who you're letting profit, a corporation (the store that you buy from) or an individual (the distributor that you buy from). The author appears to be uneducated on the definition of “pyramid scheme.” A pyramid scheme, also called a ponzi scheme, involves investors investing in something but getting nothing (no products or services) in return. In these schemes, a person ‘invests’ their money in the hopes of getting a big return on it. The first investors are paid with the money from the new investors while the creator takes some money off the top. This can continue until there are not enough new investors to support the people that already invested and the entire thing collapses. Multilevel marketing (MLM) is different. In MLM’s, products or services are provided in exchange for your money. Distributors receive better prices because they are the “store” so they get wholesale prices. Walmart doesn’t charge you what they pay for products, they charge you more, called a mark-up, and that is where their profits come from. You’re paying the marked-up price either way, it’s just a matter of who you’re letting profit, a corporation (the store that you buy from) or an individual (the distributor that you buy from).

]]> By: stan http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-155170 stan Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:19 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-155170 WOW!... Who comes up with this crap? This article should be entitled Business Scams.. Not WOW!… Who comes up with this crap?

This article should be entitled Business Scams.. Not

]]> By: ted http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-154930 ted Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:01:46 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-154930 Yeah, but that ad is from google not us... Yeah, but that ad is from google not us…

]]> By: CA http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-154920 CA Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:14:52 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-154920 Love how Lance Armstrong's FRS ad is on the bottom of the page. Love how Lance Armstrong’s FRS ad is on the bottom of the page.

]]> By: Bree http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-154852 Bree Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:16:55 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-154852 EWWWWWWWWWWWW! EWWWWWWWWWWWW!

]]> By: Evan http://www.energyfiend.com/2009/10/healthy-energy-drinks-healthy-scam-or-healthy-energy/comment-page-1#comment-154836 Evan Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:20:58 +0000 http://www.energyfiend.com/?p=2696#comment-154836 I don't really care if it's actually healthy but I love Guru. The nice thing about healthy energy drinks is that they usually have really unique, well-developed flavor. The herbs they use also give some of the drinks interesting effects and a more smooth kick. I don’t really care if it’s actually healthy but I love Guru. The nice thing about healthy energy drinks is that they usually have really unique, well-developed flavor. The herbs they use also give some of the drinks interesting effects and a more smooth kick.

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